Eremobates leechi Muma and Brookhart, 1988
Notes: valid
Family: Eremobatidae
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Type Material

 

            Holotype: “Male holotype from 2350 ft. elevation, 28 mi. south of Livermore on Mines Road, Santa Clara County, California, May 29, 1971, Hugh B. Leech, deposited in AMNH” (Muma & Brookhart, 1988, p. 35).

 

            Measurements: “Holotype small; CP 7.5. Legs long; A/CP 7.1. Fondal notch length/width ratio 0.9. Mesal tooth indistinct” (Muma & Brookhart, 1988, p. 35).

 

            Palpal Description: “27-45 papillae in basal metatarsal, palpal scopula” (Muma & Brookhart, 1988, p. 35).

 

            Ctenidia Description: “10 long ctenidia on first post-stigmatic abdominal sternum (fig.111)” (Muma & Brookhart, 1988, p. 35).

                        

            Chelicerae Description: “Male holotype with moderate sized, blade-like dorsal process on fixed cheliceral finger peaked over distal end of fondal notch; fondal notch nearly as wide as base of fixed cheliceral finger and nearly as long as wide; distinctly elevated blade-like anterior process, and only 1 intermediate tooth on movable cheliceral finger, laterally distinct ventral notch of movable cheliceral finger (fig. 110)” (Muma & Brookhart, 1988, p. 35).

 

Diagnosis:

 

Other Information: “Known only from the type locality in Santa Clara County, northern California” (Muma & Brookhart, 1988, p. 35).